my kids...

my newest little peanut... apparently i am 9 weeks along, not 8... making me due on january 19th! fun times...

a pic of me... my hair is growing like MAD!

my three kiddos!!!

snuggling before bed...

singing to each other...

nora... when watching a movie- "mommy, it's the ball that we live on. the one called earth. the one God created". (you know, the universal thing, i think...)

me... nora, look, it's justin beiber

nora... what's a beaver? doesn't a beaver live in the ocean?

oh... and my nurse today asked if i had other kids at home. i said i had two other ones. then she turns to me and says, "so, is this your first baby?". umm... no???? is this a test?

i think that's all i got tonight...

i can't remember...

i can't remember if i took pics today. i did get to run a bunch of errands, and work on a really cool project i am super excited about. my kids were trying today (took two hours to get them to bed...), and nora asked for a new mommy. i told her i could try to find her one, but realized she might not see it as the joke i meant it. instead, i reiterated that i will ALWAYS love her, no matter what. i think she wants to stay in the family for now... scary how much she acts like a 13 year old sometimes.

i got to talk to the hubs in the middle of the night last night. i realized this morning that i might have been less than coherent! sorry, babe! but, it was so wonderful to hear his voice, and continued to warm my heart, knowing we had talked. also, we have been trying to ichat in the mornings before he goes to work so he can see the kids. that's been great for everyone (and why i feel less guilty about not putting pics on today-dy).

a lot of wedding planning going on in this house. (first of all, nora told me that she would be 4 on her next birthday, then five, then getting married.... ahhh!!) but seriously, stef is getting married in a month, and we are so getting ready for that.

my computer screen is shattered, as well as my phone screen. and we just had the screen on my camera replaced... i am having problems! we got my parents ipads over the weekend, and it has been fun to "teach" them how to use them. (i went into the store to pick them up, and told the guy i wanted to buy "ipads". he said, "ipadsssss?" i asked for a deal if i bought three, but no go... actually, i think i would have considered four (my bro might have bought one, too) but no go...)

speaking of deals... or not. i don't know if i ever wrote about some problems at the end with our landlords in california. i am over it (kinda), but let's just say it was trying. and frustrating. and we got the raw end of the deal... fast forward to rhody... you heard about our moving in situation, but it gets worse... we are having some issues on the moving out end of things (even though we have been moved out for over a month). there have been several emails back and forth, and i am over it. it's one of the reasons i am so excited about our rental in hawaii. it's being managed by a big company and not a person (who may or may not be a decent landlord). and, having been a landlord, i have SO MUCH LESS patience for the bad ones. and we have had two bad ones in a row. or at least ones out to make AS. MUCH. MONEY. as possible off of us, legal or not! (and twice, it's been less than legal...)

that's my venting. i am ready to be done with it. i have written my last email, so we'll see how she responds. in the meantime... i am enjoying my current "landlord"/live-in nanny/mom/grandma! and looking forward to my own house. i am analyzing our floor plan and trying to figure out where to tell david to put everything. we'll see! just over a month.....

a few good men...

tackling sister... his favorite pastime...

today, he asked to take his shirt off after his nap. and walked around like that for several hours. he looks SO BIG! (kind of a theme for me this week with my kids...)

loving on his dd...

he stuck a chip between his teeth and thought he was hilarious!!

on a walk... sweet kids holding hands, unprompted! glad they can be such good friends... when they are not worst enemies!!

a splash park!

sweet boy. he wasn't sure what to think. when he got up in it, he really enjoyed it! it was so fun to watch...

gosh, i love this girl! we got there, and this little girl came right up and befriended nora. it was so cute. nora got to play with a friend!

and share the toys...

she was so excited that she could touch in the hot tub... which was only SLIGHTLY warmer than the pool...

loving her big poppy...

jamey, trying to decide if he wanted to go in, and dd trying to coerce him in...

okay, we can handle the first stair!!

my girl jumping in. to no one. and swimming off by herself. she is SO BIG!! and such a good swimmer!!

umm... i think i can, i think i can...

and we're jumping!

and swimming. we had started out the day with floaties on, but he quickly gave them up. i am glad that he gets over his fears fast!

and, one of me... just for good measure!

today is my mom's birthday. we were talking about memories from the last year. we started with a super fun breakfast for her birthday in north carolina... to a fun dinner and a movie tonight. (although you had to know the movie was going to be questionable when they started making fun of tea partiers!!!)

a little less this time...

on the phone at cosi... a payphone... guess they have to be in a museum!!!

on this cool machine that changed our voices. we had fun...

looking through the microscope...

and in a sub... cause women are allowed on them now!!

and in a spaceship... going to "outer space".

we did all the big kid exhibits at cosi this week. it was so much fun! she really enjoyed the big stuff. and i had fun watching her!

we got our house! i will try to get a picture up here soon... need to do a little photo editing. it's in the military housing community that we wanted, the floorplan we wanted, etc. it's wonderful. i showed nora the picture today, and she said, "oh, i want to live in a house like this!" i told her this was our house, and she was THRILLED!

we got to ichat with daddy quite a few mornings this week, as he got up at 5am to chat with us at 11am our time! it was so much fun to watch the kids watch him.

i got jamey's sore throat/cold. fun times... i fell asleep at 8:30 the last few nights. however, my kids were up in the middle of the night the last two nights... for 2 1/2 hours each night. fun times.

my kids are getting so big! it's fun to see their personalities coming out. nora has no fear. she embraces the change of our lives. she loves to chat with anyone and everyone. jamey is a little more mommy-centric right now. he keeps asking to go home. but, he rolls with the punches well.

more swimming...

more swimming... LOVE that dd wanted to be in the water. going to HATE when he starts working tomorrow...

swimming...

jamey swimming by himself. last night, he wouldn't even get into the pool. then, he wouldn't wear his floaties. or jump by himself. now he will do it all!!!